The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-01-29
A Boom at Crowley.
THE NEW TOWN IN THE NEW PARISH OF AcAD

correspondent of the Times Democrat
writing from Crowley, Acadia parish, La,
Crowley is very different looking place
now from the hypothetical town it was q few
weeks ago. 1t is the busiest little nucleus OF
village progress / have seen for good while.
The side-track has number of cars on it,
and the emptied are going and the loaded
ones coming with lumber. force is always
at work by day at the cars, unloading and
stacking lumber, and several teams are busy
hauling it to the different buildings in course
of erection. | rode down to crowley from
Rayne, with Sheriff e. G. Duson. AS we
the air of push and the brisk and busy look
of things that inquired how many hands he
had emDIoyed To be sure, seventy
busy men are not many but out on tho al
most naked prairie aud in the young life OF
the place it is very impressive. 1t has very
II shows the outside world that these town.
projectors have money and mean to spend 1t,
and think there are very few people now
who sneer at Crowley. The trnth 49,, to use
the parlance of every day, Everybody Is
talking about it, Next week / presume
there will be nearly 100 men at work in the
town, as workers are coming in every day.
A force of carpenters from distance went up
on the same train with me to build TWO
houses for gentleman from some town IN the
State, he being one of several who has accept
ed the company's offer of donation OF lots to
those who would build within certain tilne'
There are men at. work on the depot,
schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, large livery
stable, company's store, coffee-house and q
cottage Next week work will start OH two
stores aud an Office, aud if the men can be
found, then push the hotel-with its fonnda-
tion now laid. AS soon as possible the rfce'
mill will be built. This is the cardinal lea
ture of the town, to make it u business place.
The Southwestern Land Company are pop
ularizing this movement aud their town, 100,
| by inducing rice ralsers to take STOCK. II
| these can't pay money, the company ADVANCE
it and wait ior their pay in future DELIVERIES
| of rice from the forthcoming crop. This is o
/ very sbrcwd move, 1t will bring business TO
| the town, will make all the stockholders in
/ terested IN Crowley and will tend to MAKE
them vote for the town It's the capital OF the
/ parish The projectors OF Crowley are now
avowed candidates for the suHrages Oh the
1 parish in favor of Crowley for the parish
1 seat The gentlemen Tor at least the follow
| inc members1 of the Southwestern Louisiana
| Land Company have agreed to give $5oou TO
| the parish il the town shall be made the par
! ish seat, to-wit: Alphonse Levy. G. e. Dn-
son, Joseph Bloch, Julius Meyers, Henry L.
Garland, +. d. Estilette and Albert Guldry
| All these are of Opelousas. | understand
! two or three wealthy firms (owuers of stock
! in the company of New Orleans will con
| tribute if necessary-pussibly are contrib
! utors already. Anyhow, Crowley has enter
! ed the lists.
7 can't tell what Crowley may be or how
fast il may grow. but it is quite certain tina,
I IL il raising racket. Mr. w. w. Duson told
ME IL moment ago that this mornings mai
I brought him twenty-seven inquiries. Sherif
! G. C. Duson told me that ii he had not abso
/ lutely declined be could have sold 200 lots il
i the town. The company are rather criticised
by some of their friends for not selling now
/ hut the gentlemen comprising it are botl
| wise and honorable in their pledges to thu
public, aud very few lots will DO disposed 0
before the sale, which opens on Feb. lo next
4 Next week trce-plaIting commences
Miles of streets have been laid on anf
ditched. A road-Inaking machine VIII sool
put in its work; and, by the day OF sale
miles of beautiful, tree-plauted streets Will D.
seen. The main street will have four rows
trees in it, with d reserved promenade III til
3 middle of it, and a street on either side
Lumber is being sold at cost.
A brick-yard is soon TO be started, an
bricks are sold at cost
I Crowley will soon have a postotice and
made polling place.
h The excursion rates tround trip) from Ne'
Orleans to Crowley and back will be ut tn
exceedingly low rate of 81. An admirani
plan will be fixed, and hotels along the lin
will be easily reached by excnrslonlst
Trains will run so as to drop OH parties q
such towns as they please after the SAFE
close each day. The sales will continue thre
days, Feb. 10, Ill and IL. 1t is hlSaiy props
= ble that a considerable number VIII com
e.a.,, Narp nrIpans